Meetings and EventsThe Autism Society of Boulder County organizes lecture series, support groups and events to support our community. ASBC Lecture SeriesLecture Meetings are usually held bimonthly on Wednesdays 7-8:30 pm at the new Imagine! building, in the John Taylor Conference Room at 1665 Coal Creek Drive in Lafayette, CO 80026 or at the Imagine! O'Shea Meeting Room at 1400 Dixon Avenue, Lafayette 80026 Who: Judy Converse, MPH RD LD What: Biomedical Troubleshooting 101 When: September 9th, 2010, 7pm-8:30pm Judy Converse MPH RD LD is a licensed registered dietitian with over a decade in practice providing nutrition care, assessment, and monitoring to children with special needs. She has worked with families nationwide and in other countries, managing the nutrition piece for kids with autism, ADHD, asthma, allergies, growth problems, developmental and learning problems, and more. Judy completed her public health master's degree in 1988 at the University of Hawaii, where she took rotations in community health, program planning, and acute care facilities. Her experience prior to private practice includes working as a nutrition educator and outpatient dietitian for health insurance carriers, and working as a lab technician in a research facility. Her undergraduate degree is a bachelor of science in food science and human nutrition from the University of Vermont. Author of two books on nutrition for kids with special needs and another on her own parenting journey with this, Judy has also testified before state and federal legislators on behalf of safe vaccination policy. She has published an accredited, peer-reviewed learning module for health professionals on nutrition assessment and monitoring for children with autism. In addition to working directly with children and families on nutrition tools, she presents to parent and professional audiences on effective nutrition care for children with special needs. A New England native, Judy lives in Colorado with her husband and son. Her practice, Nutrition Care For Children LLC, is in Boulder and can be visited on the web at NutritionCare.net. Judy Converse will answer your biomedical questions. No topic is off limits!! Ask about specific lab results, diets, vitamin supplements or chelation. Get your burning biomedical questions answered once and for all. Please take advantage of this rare opportunity and submit your questions to asbcmeetings@gmail.com by Monday, September 5th. The goal is to tailor this lecture series to your individual needs. If we get a good response, we could offer this service on a regular basis. We would also like you to join us afterwards for an informal discussion about the direction of ASBC. We are in a period of rapid growth and we would appreciate input from our families to keep us moving in the right direction. This open forum discussion will be led by a mediator from 8:30-9pm. For the dedicated people that take the time to help in this process, we will raffle off a foursome of golf at the Boulder Country Club ($350 value) at the end of the night. DIRECTIONS TO IMAGINE! COMING FROM SOUTH: HWY 36 TO HWY 287N TO S. BOULDER RD-TURN RIGHT (EAST), S. BOULDER RD TO COAL CREEK,TURN RIGHT (SOUTH) FOLLOW TO THE LAST BUILDING ON YOUR RIGHT : IMAGINE! AT 1665 COAL CREEK. Please RSVP at telephone 720-272-8231 or by email to asbcmeetings@gmail.com ASBC Parent Support Group MeetingsThe original ASBC Parent Support Group Meetings have been discontinued. Thanks for your support. Coffee Talk
This group meets on the second Tuesday of the month from 9:30 - 10:30 am at If you would like to find some support from parents who "get it", this is the group for you. Allison Fostveit, a local mother of a 7 year old son with autism, will host the group on the second Tuesday of each month. This first cup of coffee is on ASBC, so mark your calendars! Support Group for HFA/Asperger’s Young Adults Transitioning into the WorkforceThis support group meets on the fourth Saturday of each month. The NEW TIME for this group is 1:00 – 3:00 pm at: Kristin Erby will be facilitating this new support group for ASBC. She is a Social Worker, specializing in support, advocacy and trainings for those with Developmental Disabilities. Currently, she provides employment and career planning services to young adults through Boulder County Workforce. This support group will occur the fourth Saturday of each month. Her approach is strength-based and person centered. She feels strongly that everyone has something to contribute and everyone deserves meaningful, paid work. Although she has much professional experience, she feels her most important accomplishments are regarding the education and support to those with an Autism Spectrum diagnosis, as well as their families and teachers. She learned much from raising her son, Nate, who was diagnosed with Autism at age six and then Aspergers at age 10. Nate is now 21 years, living independently, going to school and working in the community. In 1999 she founded the Ann Arbor Parents of Kids with Aspergers support group. This group not only provided support to parents of newly diagnosed children, but also linked them to local services. In addition to her current Employment Counseling work, she is a licensed therapeutic foster parent through Imagine! Colorado. Thanks so much, Kristin, for joining the ASBC team! Spanish Support Group/Grupo de Apoyo en EspanolThis group meets the second Saturday of each month./ Este grupo se reúne el segundo sábado de cada mes. at
10:00 - 12:00 pm To confirm attendance at any of these meetings, or to obtain more information and to provide input for future agendas, please contact us at asbcmeetings@gmail.com. |
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